Recording From A Vcr, Tv Or Analog Camcorder (Analog Line-In) - Canon ZR25 MC Instruction Manual

Recording from a VCR, TV or Analog Camcorder (Analog Line-in)

You can record a video played on your VCR or analog camcorder (for digital
camcorders, see p. 79) or a TV program onto a tape in the ZR25 MC, if the TV or
other device has audio/video outputs.
• If an anomalous signal is sent from the TV or VCR, the images recorded on the
tape may also be anomalous (although it may not appear so on the TV image),
not recorded at all, or COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DUBBING RESTRICTED
may appear in the display.
• You are unable to dub tapes recorded with the copyright protective signal.
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AV
IN/OUT
MIC
You cannot use headphones while doing analog line-in recording. If you have the
AV/headphones terminal set to headphones, it will automatically switch to AV for
analog line-in recording. PHONES disappears from the display.
Preparations
1. Connect the camcorder to the VCR, TV or other camcorder.
2. Prepare the device. (Example connecting to the VCR)
• Set the TV/Video selector on the television to Video. For further details, see
"Connections for Playback on a TV Screen" on p. 31.
• Turn on the VCR. Load your recorded cassette, and put the VCR in playback
pause mode.
• See your TV and VCR instruction manuals for details.
3. Turn the camcorder's POWER switch to PLAY (VCR), and move
the camcorder's TAPE/CARD switch to TAPE.
4. Load a blank cassette.
AE SHIFT
REC PAUSE
(LINE-IN)
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IN/OUT IN/OUT
S-150 S-video Cable
STV-250N Stereo Video Cable
: Signal flow
OUTPUT
S(S1)-VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
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